Ezekiel 44:6-14 - The Levites' Duties And Privileges

⁶ Tell the rebellious people of Israel: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I have had enough of all the disgusting things that you have done, people of Israel. ⁷ You brought godless foreigners into my holy place. You dishonored my temple when you offered fat and blood to me. You rejected my promise so that you could do all your disgusting things. ⁸ You did not take care of my holy things. You put foreigners in charge of my Temple!'

⁹ The Lord Jehovah says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.' ¹⁰ But the Levites, who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, will bear the punishment for their iniquity. ¹¹ They will be ministers in my sanctuary and having oversight at the gates of the house. They will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them. ¹² I have sworn against them because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel,' declares the Lord Jehovah. 'They will bear the punishment for their iniquity.' ¹³ They will not serve as a priest to me, nor come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy. They will bear their shame for their abominations that they have committed. ¹⁴ Even so I will appoint them to keep charge of the house, of all its service and of all that will be done in it.'